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CooperstownFellow Travelers
Spears: Fellow Travelers
Kelly Kuo; Kevin Newbury; Glimmerglass Opera; Victoria "Vita" Tzykun; Devario Simmons; Thomas C Hase; Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra
HelsinkiThe (R)evolution of Steve JobsNeuinszenierung
Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
Michael Christie; Kevin Newbury; Finnish National Opera; Victoria "Vita" Tzykun; Paul Carey; Japhy Weideman; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Opera Philadelphia's Unholy Wars creates a dialogue with Monteverdi
Arab-American tenor Karim Sulayman devises a thoughtful pastiche that centers the perspective omitted from Early Modern depictions of the Middle East in music.
Candide channels Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in Philadelphia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Kevin Newbury see Candide as a coming-of-age story, placing it in their own high-school years, specifically 1992, making Westphalia a USA knockoff.
Paranoia and duplicity in Lyric Opera of Chicago's Fellow Travelers
Fellow Travelers is shot through with darkness, making for a chilling performance by Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Méphistophélès, the master puppeteer
Chicago's new Faust is a quest for youth but also a reflection on insipiration, fabrication and manipulation.
Steve Jobs scores a success in Santa Fe
Mason Bates's much-hyped first opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, excited Santa Fe audiences despite its dramatic shortcomings.
In new Norma, bel canto in the Iron Age
In the end, Newbury’s production leaves you with more questions than it answers.